icial act
directed to be performed in which obedience to the ordinance is
involved....

It is next objected that the enforcing acts have legislated the
United States out of South Carolina. I have already replied to
this objection on another occasion, and will now but repeat what
I then said: that they have been legislated out only to the
extent that they had no right to enter. The Constitution has
admitted the jurisdiction of the United States within the limits
of the several States only so far as the delegated powers
authorize; beyond that they are intruders, and may rightfully be
expelled; and that they have been efficiently expelled by the
legislation of the State through her civil process, as has been
acknowledged on all sides in the debate, is only a confirmation
of the truth of the doctrine for which the majority in Carolina
have contended.

The very point at issue between the two parties there is,
whether nullification is a peaceful and an efficient remedy
against an unconstitutional act of the g